Vern Vigil Peterson

Vern Vigil Peterson, 87, Topeka, died Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, in an automobile accident on Highway 75 near Hoyt. Burial will be in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.He was born Aug. 15, 1918, in Dodge Center, Minn., the son of Carl Ellveaux and Mary Ellen Johnson Peterson. He attended Kansas University and was a resident of Topeka for nearly 40 years.Mr. Peterson served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve from 1941 to 1953. He established an office machine business in Lawrence.Survivors include a son, Dana G., Williams, Ariz.; three daughters, Donna R. Gibson, Frankfort, Ky., Dori A. Miller, Verona, Ky., and Dyla K. Love, Lawrence; one brother, Glen; six grandchildren; a stepgrandson; four great-grandchildren; and companion Virginia Radford, Horton.Online condolences may be sent at www.newcomerfamily.com.